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child from the inner city of washington to the streets of los angeles an equal chance at a greater destiny. now, one of our priorities this year and a house would be to move heaven and earth to fix her education system for the most vulnerable. and when those children graduate from high school, we must expand their choices, and college has got to be an option. in 1980, the average cost of college was roughly $8000 a year. today, it is over 20,000, and less than 60% of the students who enroll in a for your program graduate within six years. clearly, something is broken. according to president obama's former jobs council, by 2020 would be a million and have jobs without the college graduates to fill them. while there is a persistent unmet demand of four to 500,000 job openings and health care sector alone. recent reports indicate that there are not enough skilled applicants to fill the jobs in the booming natural gas industry. now, suppose colleges provided prospective students with reliable information on the unemployment rate and potential earnings white magic. what if parents have access t
child from the inner city of washington to the streets of los angeles an equal chance at a greater destiny. now, one of our priorities this year and a house would be to move heaven and earth to fix her education system for the most vulnerable. and when those children graduate from high school, we must expand their choices, and college has got to be an option. in 1980, the average cost of college was roughly $8000 a year. today, it is over 20,000, and less than 60% of the students who enroll in...
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it's the city that represents what europe is. i'm not just defending it because it's in france. europe has other seats in other countries. i defend strasbourg, strasbourg in europe. if you think that it shouldn't be the seat of the european parliament, then doubts undermines everybody's view of europe. so thank you very much for having me here in strasbourg at the seat of the european parliament. [applause] [speaking french] >> translator: thank you, mr. president. >> you were watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. weekdays feature live coverage of the u.s. senate. on nights watched key public policy this. and every week in the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our website, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> the programs that we had all under -- >> we are live now as u.s. chamber of commerce is hosting a quarterly briefing today on the outlook for the u.s. economy. martin regalia, chambers chief economist will talk about recent gross domestic product figure and what policy the
it's the city that represents what europe is. i'm not just defending it because it's in france. europe has other seats in other countries. i defend strasbourg, strasbourg in europe. if you think that it shouldn't be the seat of the european parliament, then doubts undermines everybody's view of europe. so thank you very much for having me here in strasbourg at the seat of the european parliament. [applause] [speaking french] >> translator: thank you, mr. president. >> you were...
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they should be doing the best for their cities. >> will be prime minister confirm for the record that thanks to his cuts to the charter on of the working tax credit families and children are losing up to 1500 pounds a year? >> what has happened under the tile -- child tax credit is we've increased by 390 pounds in the early budgets of this government. and if you look at the benefits for a two parent to child family, they would be getting over 1500 pounds, and extra this year, 30 pounds a week, compared to 2010. so i'm afraid the honorable gentleman is wrong. >> will be prime minister a tribute to the new president of somalia whose government has made remarkable progress over the last few months? they still have a long way to go. will he agree that the somali piece process is a really good example of britain combining aid and development with energizing the neighboring states and the diplomatic committee worldwide? can he tell the house what role does he envision for the somalians here in the uk speak as i think my honorable friend makes a very good point. and anyone wanting to the rel
they should be doing the best for their cities. >> will be prime minister confirm for the record that thanks to his cuts to the charter on of the working tax credit families and children are losing up to 1500 pounds a year? >> what has happened under the tile -- child tax credit is we've increased by 390 pounds in the early budgets of this government. and if you look at the benefits for a two parent to child family, they would be getting over 1500 pounds, and extra this year, 30...
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the land use and cities as for parking. we get stuck in traffic jams. 90% of the energy that we use is by automated self driving vehicles. advancing that in education. within the next five years, we are going to have another 3 billion people coming on the internet worldwide. the government can talk to each other, imagine what happens over the next five or so years with technology. it is all because of technology. people like me, engineers, scientists, whole assortment of people. until recently, 50% of silicon valley, the most innovative part of the country. we are reinventing america. it is all about skills. the people that are making this happen are engineers and scientists and doctors and most importantly entrepreneurs. so we have a choice right now. we can reinvent america and create a better world. we can create security that protects us and we can do all of these things right now, all within the next five or seven years. i can guarantee that five years from now, we will be talking about the changes. we are talking abou
the land use and cities as for parking. we get stuck in traffic jams. 90% of the energy that we use is by automated self driving vehicles. advancing that in education. within the next five years, we are going to have another 3 billion people coming on the internet worldwide. the government can talk to each other, imagine what happens over the next five or so years with technology. it is all because of technology. people like me, engineers, scientists, whole assortment of people. until recently,...
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as a senator from new york, i'm troubled about the emerging threats as new york city is a top tear row target. we have two missions for wmd under the national guard, cutting those programs, obviously, puts us at grave risk. we have a lot of national guard contingencies and operations throughout the state which is essential for recovery efforts. we saw what an amazing job they did in hurricane sandy so i'm very concerned that with these cuts, we expose ourselves to vulnerabilities. cyber threats is the greatest threat. we do a lot of work for them in the labs, and i'm worried about our training. obviously, it's one of the premier trading operations we have for the army, and we have to keep the resources available. i'd like you to briefly talk about if you can quantify, how are the risks now elevated because of the cuts? >> well, senator, i'll answer briefly and see if one of the chiefs, in terms of their service,ment to respond. you asked the right question. how is risk elevated? so what we provide a deterrent against enemies and assurance of the allies, and then where we can't do as mu
as a senator from new york, i'm troubled about the emerging threats as new york city is a top tear row target. we have two missions for wmd under the national guard, cutting those programs, obviously, puts us at grave risk. we have a lot of national guard contingencies and operations throughout the state which is essential for recovery efforts. we saw what an amazing job they did in hurricane sandy so i'm very concerned that with these cuts, we expose ourselves to vulnerabilities. cyber threats...
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and going back to the slide that i showed with the five different cities, the same drg, there's tremendous variation in total costs of care. primarily around hospital readmissions and, as sheila said, postacute care. so we're really trying to figure out what is the best way for hospitals to work with postacute care providers to reduce readmissions, to make sure that there's a much more balanced distribution of spending in the postacute care spending channels that we have. so we et a sort of a set number of drgs, here's the ones the hospitals can choose to participate in. hospitals have the opportunity or hospitals or other health care providers participating can choose which drgs they want to take. but we have different models. some models just combine the physician with the hospital, some models combine the physician/hospital postacute, some just focus on the postacute. we're really trying to figure out what works, what doesn't work, and one hypothesis is different models will work differently in different parts of the country given how dramatically different the health care provider mix
and going back to the slide that i showed with the five different cities, the same drg, there's tremendous variation in total costs of care. primarily around hospital readmissions and, as sheila said, postacute care. so we're really trying to figure out what is the best way for hospitals to work with postacute care providers to reduce readmissions, to make sure that there's a much more balanced distribution of spending in the postacute care spending channels that we have. so we et a sort of a...
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headline as the "first lady of kansas city." adell was in hawaii with her husband, don hall, chairman of hallmark cards, when she passed away. to say they were a remarkable couple is an understatement. they met when she was three years old. and don was six. adell said, i don't ever remember falling in love with don. i just grew up being in love with him. as "the star" reported, her priorities were always with her husband and her three children. in addition to her love and caring for her family, adele hall had a unique ability to lead, and lead she did. living a life of caring and contribution, making a difference and demonstrating to all whose lives that she touched and made better a wonderful example of honor and respect. adele's many accomplishments were almost legendary. she would demure from that description with her wonderful smile and give credit to others, but it was how she accomplished so much that serves as such a wonderful example and why she was so, so beloved. the friends of don and adele and those with whom she wor
headline as the "first lady of kansas city." adell was in hawaii with her husband, don hall, chairman of hallmark cards, when she passed away. to say they were a remarkable couple is an understatement. they met when she was three years old. and don was six. adell said, i don't ever remember falling in love with don. i just grew up being in love with him. as "the star" reported, her priorities were always with her husband and her three children. in addition to her love and...
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to cities by 2050. further away from the food, where the food is grown, requiring new ways to prevent waste, and enhanced nutrition. here's another illustration, one should stick out all the statistics that are thrown at you so far. in fact, if there's one thing that i hope you will remember from my remarks this morning, it would be this. i still, it's just breathtaking just to say this. a full 30-50% of the food produced in the world rots forgoes unbeaten. -- or goes unbeaten. that to me is one of the most amazing statistics i will ever articulate. up to half of our total global output. except while waste might be the problem here in the developed world, the problem and the developing countries be getting the goods to market, as we all know. roughly 85% of the food produced never crosses international borders. and given the unequal distribution of people in arable land i just mentioned, that is a major obstacle today of feeding the world. so when it comes down to is that we need to produce more, higher
to cities by 2050. further away from the food, where the food is grown, requiring new ways to prevent waste, and enhanced nutrition. here's another illustration, one should stick out all the statistics that are thrown at you so far. in fact, if there's one thing that i hope you will remember from my remarks this morning, it would be this. i still, it's just breathtaking just to say this. a full 30-50% of the food produced in the world rots forgoes unbeaten. -- or goes unbeaten. that to me is...
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ceptions across the city of washington. they are finding friends in high places and protecting the $32 billion that goes to these worthless schools, many of which are a complete waste of time and money for the students. it would be bad enough if it was just a bad education or a waste of time. tabat hflt a is stuck with $162,000 student debt. there is one last kicker here. student debt is different than the other debt you have. if you borrow money for a home or a car or a boat or to buy a washer and drier an and dryer, o broke, those debts will be swept away. not student loans. student loans are not dischargeable with bankruptcy. tabath averages the bad news is, this is a debt that will be with you for a lifetime. student debt is not dischargeable in bankruptcy. that's where we are today. so when my friends come to the floor and talk about all the w ways to save money, i'll give them two to start with -- one they can vote for this afternoon, he could the direct payments to agriculture, and secondly, reform this for-profit sc
ceptions across the city of washington. they are finding friends in high places and protecting the $32 billion that goes to these worthless schools, many of which are a complete waste of time and money for the students. it would be bad enough if it was just a bad education or a waste of time. tabat hflt a is stuck with $162,000 student debt. there is one last kicker here. student debt is different than the other debt you have. if you borrow money for a home or a car or a boat or to buy a washer...
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the city's violent crime rate is among the worst in the country, more than half of all detroit children live in poverty. this should not happen. what is the response? borrow more money and send out more checks. this is not the way to help people. these are the consequences of leftist policies. we are opposed to those policies. they do not work, they hurt the people they pretend and assert they're helping. we are fighting for policies that create jobs, create rising wages, create opportunity and help more people earn a good living and care for themselves, be independent and prosperous and get on the road to higher wages and supervisory positions and health care and retirement benefits. this can be possible in this country. we're trying to lift people out of poverty and strengthen family and community. and we're trying to protect the good and decent people of this country from a debt crisis. and erskine bowles and alan simpson told us this nation never -- has never faced a more predictable crisis. if we don't get off this course, they said we will have another one and it may be worse than
the city's violent crime rate is among the worst in the country, more than half of all detroit children live in poverty. this should not happen. what is the response? borrow more money and send out more checks. this is not the way to help people. these are the consequences of leftist policies. we are opposed to those policies. they do not work, they hurt the people they pretend and assert they're helping. we are fighting for policies that create jobs, create rising wages, create opportunity and...
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particularly the australian one. in one city, one dog alerted correctly only 12% of the time. how and when and who determines when a dog's reliability and alerted has reached a critical failure number? what do you suggest that number is, and how does a judge determined that that is being monitored? >> we don't think the fourth amendment puts a number on it. >> i am troubled by a dog that alerts only 12% of the time. whether we have a fixed number or a fixed number, that seems like less than probable. >> let me explain on one side. over the course of several years, the dog alerted and discover drugs 20% of the time. but there is another part of the study. that was 60% of the other cases. the individual had a proximity of drugs. and the dog was able to alert as they should. then the number becomes 70% based on primary study they relied upon. >> that does not address what happens to the dogs alone. so how is a court supposed to monitor whether or not a dog can smell out the drugs? >> well, you are right. dogs, like humans, become old. but in this case, weekend and week out, dobbs
particularly the australian one. in one city, one dog alerted correctly only 12% of the time. how and when and who determines when a dog's reliability and alerted has reached a critical failure number? what do you suggest that number is, and how does a judge determined that that is being monitored? >> we don't think the fourth amendment puts a number on it. >> i am troubled by a dog that alerts only 12% of the time. whether we have a fixed number or a fixed number, that seems like...
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one of the things that we very much would like to do, which the president address less than the city union is enable homeowners who are paying there bills, who are under water to no fault of their own because of the financial crisis to be able to refinance there loans. right now you have come up to of commerce ron locked into six, seven, 8% mortgages when they should be able to get three and half for 4%. we ought to deal to do that on a bipartisan basis. >> six you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, senator. >> think you very much, mr. chairman. i appreciate having you here with us today. i want to continue to focus on tax reform as we did in our private discussions. as i have shared with you in my work with the bulls simpson commission and other areas trying to address putting together a comprehensive deficit reduction package in debt reduction package, our view, tax reform as i have heard you say today, a key part of that cannot because of the need to raise revenue, which is where you and i may have some disagreements, but because of the need to generate gr
one of the things that we very much would like to do, which the president address less than the city union is enable homeowners who are paying there bills, who are under water to no fault of their own because of the financial crisis to be able to refinance there loans. right now you have come up to of commerce ron locked into six, seven, 8% mortgages when they should be able to get three and half for 4%. we ought to deal to do that on a bipartisan basis. >> six you very much. thank you,...
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serving low-income americans in new york city, and is a trained internist and outlook health specialists. and then paul tang, who is board certified practicing internist and vice president and chief innovation and technology officer at palo alto medical foundation in california. he also served during my tenure and since then at the office of national coordinate as a member and now as vice chair of the federal health information technology policy council, or committee, which was established by the congress to advise the office of national corner on health information technology policy. and the third member of our panel, hot summer underground, is christine bechtel, who is the vice president of the national partnership for women and families, where she is responsible for strategic direction and oversight of the organization's multifaceted work. she's also a member of the federal health i.t. policy committee and does high noon work on the role of consumers with respect to health technology and technology generally. so i think the way we're going to proceed, we are one short, we are going to
serving low-income americans in new york city, and is a trained internist and outlook health specialists. and then paul tang, who is board certified practicing internist and vice president and chief innovation and technology officer at palo alto medical foundation in california. he also served during my tenure and since then at the office of national coordinate as a member and now as vice chair of the federal health information technology policy council, or committee, which was established by...
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there it was at the bronco games. well, we all know it was denver, the mile-high city. senator udall really razzed and did some pretty uppity trash talk. but we with our usual pride and gentility weathered the storm. and i could not believe it. i thought the game was over. i was ready to kick back and call my sister when oh, wow, there goes flacco for that 70-yard toss and it was a touchdown. you know, i'm short and chunky but i was ready to do cartwheels around my condo that evening. then on to dealing with the new england patriots, all the way up to the super bowl. and we were out there winning again, and then the lights went out in new orleans, but i tell you, even though they went out for 38 minutes in new orleans, the lights were all over in baltimore and we were purple. we were purple with pride and purple with joy. and we were so pleased that they brought us a victory, not only on the playing fields of the national football league, but you know what else they did? it created a sense of community, a sense of energy. if you came with me like to one of our great oth
there it was at the bronco games. well, we all know it was denver, the mile-high city. senator udall really razzed and did some pretty uppity trash talk. but we with our usual pride and gentility weathered the storm. and i could not believe it. i thought the game was over. i was ready to kick back and call my sister when oh, wow, there goes flacco for that 70-yard toss and it was a touchdown. you know, i'm short and chunky but i was ready to do cartwheels around my condo that evening. then on...